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five of the six cities with the highest murder rates are among those cities with the strictest gun control. if you contrast that to cities that do not have strict gun control -- for example, my hometown of houston, where there are nine murders per 100,000 people, that is less than 1/4 what detroit suffers under. you look at other cities in my home state of texas -- san antonio has 7 murders per 100,000 people. el paso has two murders per 100,000 people. that means detroit, the murder rate is 24 times higher than it is in el paso. i would also point out that the argument that you and chairman were discussing about cities such as chicago not being isolated islands, that there are places elsewhere in the country where people can legally purchase firearms -- none of those cities i discussed, houston, san antonio, el paso, are isolated islands. in the entire state you can purchase firearms. what we see with the murder rates is that the murder rates are consistently lower. my question to you, not your subjective beliefs, but are you aware of any empirical data -- every one of us wants to reduce
five of the six cities with the highest murder rates are among those cities with the strictest gun control. if you contrast that to cities that do not have strict gun control -- for example, my hometown of houston, where there are nine murders per 100,000 people, that is less than 1/4 what detroit suffers under. you look at other cities in my home state of texas -- san antonio has 7 murders per 100,000 people. el paso has two murders per 100,000 people. that means detroit, the murder rate is 24...
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being allowed -- to allow representative to pursue a request from the city or county or the state or political substitution, a government unit, i think we should be allowed to advocate for our home towns. however, the conference has seen fit to impose a ban on so-called earmarkes. i have to abide by that position the caucus has taken. >> de think there are a lot of members who would like to have them returned? do they tell you that privately? >> is, does a better every day. a member or two or three -- yes, just about every day. a member or two or three will come to me. if we limited them to read -- 2 official request from a local city or mayor or city council or state government or government unit officially, i think if we allow that type of advocation by members of congress, we would not have that things happen. we had some bad things happen. the so-called bridge to nowhere. by the way, which was not an appropriation. it was the authorization committee that did that. but we could enforce a very limited number of those, i think, if we had permission from the caucus and from the rules
being allowed -- to allow representative to pursue a request from the city or county or the state or political substitution, a government unit, i think we should be allowed to advocate for our home towns. however, the conference has seen fit to impose a ban on so-called earmarkes. i have to abide by that position the caucus has taken. >> de think there are a lot of members who would like to have them returned? do they tell you that privately? >> is, does a better every day. a member...
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the fraser declaration date for the city of vancouver. this was very brave because my government, the canadian government, has been calling me an environmental extremist, a radical, and an enemy of canada. all i want and my people want is to protect this land, the water , and all that is sacred. this water we're talking about has no color. this water we're talking about is not just water for my own people. it is water for my neighbor ranchers, my neighbor farmers that live next door to me. it is a human issue and that impact everyone. we are all connected. [applause] the alliance has brought our communities together in canada because we have had oil spills. if you have had on oil spills in this country. oil will spill. it's just a matter of when. it's billed in kalamazoo, which i hear cannot be cleaned up. -- it spilled in kalamazoo. they spilled in alberta, in the territories of the cree, in the northwest territories and the brothers and sisters that i know of from the northwest territories. who can forget exxon bell does -- exxon valdez
the fraser declaration date for the city of vancouver. this was very brave because my government, the canadian government, has been calling me an environmental extremist, a radical, and an enemy of canada. all i want and my people want is to protect this land, the water , and all that is sacred. this water we're talking about has no color. this water we're talking about is not just water for my own people. it is water for my neighbor ranchers, my neighbor farmers that live next door to me. it...
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so i would be in favor of being allowed -- to allow representative to present a request from the city or county or state or political squigs government unit. i think we should be allowed to advocate it on our hometowns. however, our conference has seen fit to impose a ban on so-called earmarks, and i have to abide by that position the caucus has taken. >> do you think that there are a lot of members who would really like to have them returned but -- do they tell that you privately? >> oh, yeah, just about every day, a member or two or three will bring the subject up. and i think we would do away with most, if not all of the bad earmarks if we limited them to a official request from a local city or mayor or city council or state government or governmental unit officially and we allowed abdication by members of congress, we would not have bad things happen. we had some bad things happen, so-called bridge to nowhere, which, by the way, was not an appropriations, that was an authorization committee that did that. but we could enforce a very limited number of those if we had rules from the
so i would be in favor of being allowed -- to allow representative to present a request from the city or county or state or political squigs government unit. i think we should be allowed to advocate it on our hometowns. however, our conference has seen fit to impose a ban on so-called earmarks, and i have to abide by that position the caucus has taken. >> do you think that there are a lot of members who would really like to have them returned but -- do they tell that you privately?...
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it is very complex with the look of the neighborhood, city level, state level. the density of alcohol matters. if you raise the density of retail outlets by 10%, he gets about a 4% increase in consumption are violence, things like that. we have a lot of restrictions on the location of alcohol. not too close to a church or school. that has not been a guy with a much. it is a tradition. we stretching the type of -- restricting the types of alcohol and varmints. them have all this server licensing stuff. -- then we have all this server licensing stuff. training seems to have little to no effect. when it is part of a licensing system where the clark and servers of all, are licensed. when it is universal in their states tenders for adequate training and all of training. there is literature that suggests of those types of laws have effect in reducing risks. then there is a whole area of server liability. if there is an untold consequences. the classic case is a person leaving a bar and then getting into a car crash. what we know from that is that the regulation is key
it is very complex with the look of the neighborhood, city level, state level. the density of alcohol matters. if you raise the density of retail outlets by 10%, he gets about a 4% increase in consumption are violence, things like that. we have a lot of restrictions on the location of alcohol. not too close to a church or school. that has not been a guy with a much. it is a tradition. we stretching the type of -- restricting the types of alcohol and varmints. them have all this server licensing...
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focus to larger towns and cities. combat outpost keating was a collection of buildings of concrete and plywood and trenches and sandbags. of all the outposts in afghanistan, keating was among the most remote. it stands at the bottom of a steep valley surrounded by mountains. terrain that a later investigation said gave ideal cover for insurgents to attack. the investigation found that it was tactically indefensible. that is what the soldiers were asked to do, defended the indefensible. the attack came in the morning just as the sun rose. some of the guys were standing guard. most, like clint, were still sleeping. the explosions shook them out of their beds and sent them rushing for weapons. and soon, the odds became clear. these 53 americans were surrounded by more than 300 taliban fighters. what happened next has been described as one of the most intense battles of the entire war in afghanistan. the attackers had the advantage, a high ground, the mountains above. and they run the machine -- they were unleashing every
focus to larger towns and cities. combat outpost keating was a collection of buildings of concrete and plywood and trenches and sandbags. of all the outposts in afghanistan, keating was among the most remote. it stands at the bottom of a steep valley surrounded by mountains. terrain that a later investigation said gave ideal cover for insurgents to attack. the investigation found that it was tactically indefensible. that is what the soldiers were asked to do, defended the indefensible. the...
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the year before. on that evening, thomas had gone to my parents' house to show them pictures of police week activity. he finished and they ate dinner and he went to leave. my father went with him to the door to watch him out. two men approached thomas as he went to go on his motorcycle. thomas was a police officer and so he was armed. he told them he was a police officer. my dad was also armed. went in the house to get the gun. there was gunfire and between the offenders and my brother. i got the call and i had no idea how bad this was. i knew i had to get home. ahead of me, other was stopped. traffic was stopped. i got out and started to run. and ambulance past me. i was running down the street. it was like a movie. i know now that thomas was in the ambulance because he was shot. i got to the house. we waited and prayed a lot. thomas died. i did an interview at the week before because there had been two shootings across to my house. in the interview, i will read the direct quotation. "when people thi
the year before. on that evening, thomas had gone to my parents' house to show them pictures of police week activity. he finished and they ate dinner and he went to leave. my father went with him to the door to watch him out. two men approached thomas as he went to go on his motorcycle. thomas was a police officer and so he was armed. he told them he was a police officer. my dad was also armed. went in the house to get the gun. there was gunfire and between the offenders and my brother. i got...
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[video clip] >> last year, there were 443 murders with firearms on the streets of this city. 65 of those victims were 18 and under. that is the equivalent of a newtown every four months. that is precisely why the overwhelming majority of americans are asking for some common-sense proposals to make it harder for criminals to get their hands on a gun. as i said on tuesday night, i recognize that not everybody agrees with every issue. there are regional differences. the experience of gun ownership is different in urban areas than it is in rural areas. it is different from upstate and downstate illinois. these proposals to divert -- deserve the vote in congress to rid the deserve a vote. -- deserves a vote in congress. they deserved a vote. [applause] i want to thank the members of congress who are working together in a serious way to try to resolve this issue. host: david winston, the issue of gun controls -- gun control. for the winners and losers? guest: the dynamic that is emerging, the hard left and right, they have dug in, and the fight then is, which side will win, and ultimately what
[video clip] >> last year, there were 443 murders with firearms on the streets of this city. 65 of those victims were 18 and under. that is the equivalent of a newtown every four months. that is precisely why the overwhelming majority of americans are asking for some common-sense proposals to make it harder for criminals to get their hands on a gun. as i said on tuesday night, i recognize that not everybody agrees with every issue. there are regional differences. the experience of gun...
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you may not have selected assets that citi invested in or managed in the portfolio, but citigroup organization chart seems to identify you were tied to investment research and other such activities such as liquid operations. during your time on wall street, there are units that you oversaw. those securities include class b funding. it is a product that citi is represented and sold to collect fee and then bet against. others might have been sold that you oversold. some alleged were misrepresented to be far safer than they were. you have said that you are responsible for operational activities and management with some are little knowledge of the activities of the units that you staffed. i find that somewhat confusing. your position at citi is considered a trophy position. i hope you can provide some clarity to disprove that you -- i have four questions about your citigroup role at the time you were there. perhaps you should get your pencil ready. i will go through all of them and then you can respond. first of all, do you have any discussions or participate in e-mail exchanges, including having
you may not have selected assets that citi invested in or managed in the portfolio, but citigroup organization chart seems to identify you were tied to investment research and other such activities such as liquid operations. during your time on wall street, there are units that you oversaw. those securities include class b funding. it is a product that citi is represented and sold to collect fee and then bet against. others might have been sold that you oversold. some alleged were...
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the city. so, we now will be paying for -- paying more for patients who are at institutes of mental disease and not the state mental hospital. there are reductions in revenues to the city. at the human services agency, the reductions here would not have historically hit the city's budget. these are policy choices certainly for the mayor and the board to make. the state reduced direct support to adult day health centers as well as title 5 child care programs. and those are not services that the city has historically funded, but the supplemental does recommend backfilling those services. $2.8 million for title 5 child care cuts and $400,000 for retroactive rate reduction for adult day health as a one-time support during a time of transition for those agencies. overall the city's child care system is experiencing a $5.9 million cut which the supplemental would support $2.8 million of, and the human services agency was able to absorb some of those cuts within their existing budget, as is the first
the city. so, we now will be paying for -- paying more for patients who are at institutes of mental disease and not the state mental hospital. there are reductions in revenues to the city. at the human services agency, the reductions here would not have historically hit the city's budget. these are policy choices certainly for the mayor and the board to make. the state reduced direct support to adult day health centers as well as title 5 child care programs. and those are not services that the...
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every time i bring it up to my city, by the time we get the city attorney involved, arts board involved, everybody else involved, they decide it's too much work to do that and we'll just see what happens. >> one more. let's hear from the san francisco arts commission. >> her statement frightens me. i'm an arts person. this is san francisco, we're in a unique situation in that we really do -- our whole city lich on creativity. and we like to encourage it and also manage it at the same time. the street smarts program that i manage which is funded by dpw is a public/private partnership. all public mural art or any sort of public art has to be funneled through our commission and we have to give permission to do that. but when you're dealing with a private property owner it's slightly different because they basically have -- they have ownership of their property and ownership of what goes on that property. but at the same time, if they do put something up like a sunflower or what have you and the neighborhood is against it, how do you manage that? because technically it's their right to put
every time i bring it up to my city, by the time we get the city attorney involved, arts board involved, everybody else involved, they decide it's too much work to do that and we'll just see what happens. >> one more. let's hear from the san francisco arts commission. >> her statement frightens me. i'm an arts person. this is san francisco, we're in a unique situation in that we really do -- our whole city lich on creativity. and we like to encourage it and also manage it at the...
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way we live and work and play in the city. and we look forward to great events like a super bowl host or something like that, we're going to be able to give people a really rich amount of programs that they could access from here to santa clara to san jose. we can act regionally with our data and we can join and continue to be in the great city of san francisco. so, i want to thank all of the people, all of the different starting up companies here and those that are inventing with us, thank them for celebrating innovation month in such a exemplary way. and i think we're going to have a lot more to announce before this month is out, including on our way to the world series. thank you very much. (applause) >> now, if i may introduce our partner in crime here, board president david chiu who is also going to be complimenting us with all of his efforts at the board. come on up, david. (applause) >> good morning. i am incredibly excited to be here today for a couple of reasons. first of all, the hatchery is one of my favorite places
way we live and work and play in the city. and we look forward to great events like a super bowl host or something like that, we're going to be able to give people a really rich amount of programs that they could access from here to santa clara to san jose. we can act regionally with our data and we can join and continue to be in the great city of san francisco. so, i want to thank all of the people, all of the different starting up companies here and those that are inventing with us, thank...
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it's located in the sunol valley near the city of pleasant on. and although our system has performed brilliantly for nearly a century now, * it is very seismically vulnerable as it crosses three of the nation's most active faults. the calaveras reservoir actually has the calaveras fault right underneath it. to ensure the continued delivery of water following a major earthquake, the city undertook the wsip about 10 years ago. this is one of the largest capital water program of the nation. and it includes 82 projects spread geographically over 7 different counties. the current budget approved for the program is 4.6 billion. and all our projects, except the calaveras dam project, will be -- is on track to be completed by 2016, mid 2016. i think one of the key outcomes of the program will be the construction of what we call a life line around the bay area that will be able to withstand a major seismic event. and you can see the various components that makeup that life line. only three of all these components are still in construction. everything else
it's located in the sunol valley near the city of pleasant on. and although our system has performed brilliantly for nearly a century now, * it is very seismically vulnerable as it crosses three of the nation's most active faults. the calaveras reservoir actually has the calaveras fault right underneath it. to ensure the continued delivery of water following a major earthquake, the city undertook the wsip about 10 years ago. this is one of the largest capital water program of the nation. and it...
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the city. a number of them had nonprofits established in the 1950s and 1960s to manage the garages on behalf of the city. the main purpose of these nonprofits when they were established were to issue debt in order to facilitate capital improvements and expansions in these garages. over the course of the intervening 50 or 60 years, some of these nonprofit entities that have been managing the garages during that time, the role has really expanded into providing neighborhood-specific expertise and perspective, what they bring to bear on the management of the garages on behalf of the city, now the mta. they're typically populating the boards of these corporations or typically populated by merchants and other key neighborhood stakeholders that have an understanding of the specific neighborhood issues that are relevant to their specific garage and bring with them an understanding of the impact that the garages have to the neighborhood, very kind of localized issues. so, in 2008 when the voters approv
the city. a number of them had nonprofits established in the 1950s and 1960s to manage the garages on behalf of the city. the main purpose of these nonprofits when they were established were to issue debt in order to facilitate capital improvements and expansions in these garages. over the course of the intervening 50 or 60 years, some of these nonprofit entities that have been managing the garages during that time, the role has really expanded into providing neighborhood-specific expertise and...
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the next department is the city attorney. the city attorney estimates the amount of money they will collect from the various departments in terms of recoveries and sometimes what occurs what has been happening in the last few years is that the city attorney's work lies more on the general fund side than on the enterprise departments and therefore they are miss alignsed in terms of how much money they will recover from departments. the city attorney will continue to take a look at the staffing for the general
the next department is the city attorney. the city attorney estimates the amount of money they will collect from the various departments in terms of recoveries and sometimes what occurs what has been happening in the last few years is that the city attorney's work lies more on the general fund side than on the enterprise departments and therefore they are miss alignsed in terms of how much money they will recover from departments. the city attorney will continue to take a look at the staffing...
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one thing the city of san francisco or big cities or federal, right, the other smaller cities, smaller cities have smaller budgets. having a structure to support all this open data takes a lot of money. so, when these small cities are thinking about this, they should think about a way of somehow equalizing because they are putting into having these open data team, right? so, what does make sense? this is kind of an open question to get your point of view. >> do you want to take that, shannon? >> i think that there is actually quite ah few examples. we can probably talk to this more with smaller cities that are making open data efforts. but what i would say is that it's proven more than the value of the investment. the return that we've gotten just by opening up the data has actually given back more. so, that would be my short answer to it, but i think you probably have more experience working directly with some of the cities. >> so, i grew up in a small city so i care about small cities a lot, 15,000 people, southern illinois. i'm a card nastionv fan. -- cardinals fan. i should say tha
one thing the city of san francisco or big cities or federal, right, the other smaller cities, smaller cities have smaller budgets. having a structure to support all this open data takes a lot of money. so, when these small cities are thinking about this, they should think about a way of somehow equalizing because they are putting into having these open data team, right? so, what does make sense? this is kind of an open question to get your point of view. >> do you want to take that,...
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the city time and money. you are not taking up the time of a particular employee at the assessor's office. you might be doing things more efficient. >> they have it ready to go and say, this is what i want. >> they are finding the same things happening on the phone where people call in and ask, how do i find this information? we say, go to this website and they go and get the information easily. >> a picture tells a thousand stories. some say a map gong hoe san francisco inian ass donna here with the weekly buzz and i hope you have ready for a week of -- this week is all about the celebration here are my top picks all this week from the 16th to the 24th you can experience mechanical police at peer 39 transforms into a bay side floral wonder land during the tulips annual pheses actively and enjoy landscaping course live with vibrant colors of tumultuouses of blooming tulip and is make sure bring your cameras to capture all of the plop blooming and keep that camera handy because this friday is the annual chines
the city time and money. you are not taking up the time of a particular employee at the assessor's office. you might be doing things more efficient. >> they have it ready to go and say, this is what i want. >> they are finding the same things happening on the phone where people call in and ask, how do i find this information? we say, go to this website and they go and get the information easily. >> a picture tells a thousand stories. some say a map gong hoe san francisco inian...
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muslims in the city of. protestors in islam about any karate have demanded the government to boost security and to take action against the sunni militants who carried out the attack allegedly some families even refused to bury the victims until they see their demands answered extremists often target the shia minority whom they don't consider to be true muslims. israel's former foreign minister is being tried for fraud and breach of trust hearing started on sunday lieberman is accused of trying to promote a source that leaked him details of police probe into his business activities the former top diplomat had to step down from his post last december when the fraud charges were brought against him a close ally of prime minister binyamin netanyahu if he is convicted he will be banned from holding any government post for seven years ecuador is heading to the polls for its presidential election with incumbent rafael correa looking sent to stay in power the socialist leader has strong popular support within the co
muslims in the city of. protestors in islam about any karate have demanded the government to boost security and to take action against the sunni militants who carried out the attack allegedly some families even refused to bury the victims until they see their demands answered extremists often target the shia minority whom they don't consider to be true muslims. israel's former foreign minister is being tried for fraud and breach of trust hearing started on sunday lieberman is accused of trying...
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the city plans to make millions more if the city plays home run baseball. >> it's a home run. we are talking about d.c. that's all in part because of the stadium and the team that's brought here. >> like it or not, the city invested in the stadium. nats fans and the city are hoping the hometown team comes through with another postseason payoff. >> let's go nats. >> sherry ly, fox 5 news. >>> certainly anything but baseball weather. >>
the city plans to make millions more if the city plays home run baseball. >> it's a home run. we are talking about d.c. that's all in part because of the stadium and the team that's brought here. >> like it or not, the city invested in the stadium. nats fans and the city are hoping the hometown team comes through with another postseason payoff. >> let's go nats. >> sherry ly, fox 5 news. >>> certainly anything but baseball weather. >>
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impact might be to the city? >> supervisor, we have. it's an an insignificant number. it's approximately $30 million of impact. some of that is on the general fund side, some of it is not. and i think we all will need to be watching closely to see what the federal government does. and then make some determinations about to what degree the city can afford to backfill those kinds of programs. >> okay. and to ms. zamuda's comments or earlier, those would be anticipated be felt in the next fiscal year, though, if they do happen? >> i think that's yet to be seen. you know, we know that federal agencies are already slowing down their spending and anticipation of the sequester. what that likely means is that they will try to minimize the current year effects on funding that they've already given out, but they're just not giving out more funding today. and, so, that would tend to support what the deputy controller said. >> thank you. >> so, other funds, highlights in other funds, we do concentrate on the general fund, pe
impact might be to the city? >> supervisor, we have. it's an an insignificant number. it's approximately $30 million of impact. some of that is on the general fund side, some of it is not. and i think we all will need to be watching closely to see what the federal government does. and then make some determinations about to what degree the city can afford to backfill those kinds of programs. >> okay. and to ms. zamuda's comments or earlier, those would be anticipated be felt in the...
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community, to the city of san francisco. she is a resident. she is a native, well educated, statewide experience, and a very, a very strong team player. and i think what's very refreshing in talking about some of the preservation issues is she's always asking me about the economic development side of it and the economic benefits side of it. and i think that's a very important part of the equation and she certainly recognized it and i think it's a very important asset in this position. so, i strongly recommend that you recommend this reappointment approval to the board. thank you very much. >> thank you. are there any other public comments? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, any thoughts? supervisor breed. >> i'm really excited to move the nomination of commissioner matsuda. she is a district 5 resident, very actively involved and supported by some of the most respected leaders of the japanese community, including i see sandy mori in the audience. thank you for coming today. the service that comes from partici
community, to the city of san francisco. she is a resident. she is a native, well educated, statewide experience, and a very, a very strong team player. and i think what's very refreshing in talking about some of the preservation issues is she's always asking me about the economic development side of it and the economic benefits side of it. and i think that's a very important part of the equation and she certainly recognized it and i think it's a very important asset in this position. so, i...
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the city decided to buy the building in 1999 for $2. we worked and looked at ways that we can utilize the building for an office building. to build an icon i can building that will house a lot of city departments. >> the san francisco public utilities commission has an important job. we provide clean, pristine public drinking water to 2.6 million people in the san francisco bay area from the hetch hetchy regional water system. with also generate clean renewable energy for city services like public buses, hospitals, schools, and much more. and finally, we collect and treat all the city's wastewater and stormwater making it safe enough to discharge into the san francisco bay and pacific ocean. >> in 2006 the puc was planning a record number of projects. >> the public utilities commission is a very infrastructure-rich organization. we're out there rebuilding the water system. we've budget working on power generation in the country. we've been doing sewer for the city. we're looking at a brand-new rebuild of all watt systems in san francisc
the city decided to buy the building in 1999 for $2. we worked and looked at ways that we can utilize the building for an office building. to build an icon i can building that will house a lot of city departments. >> the san francisco public utilities commission has an important job. we provide clean, pristine public drinking water to 2.6 million people in the san francisco bay area from the hetch hetchy regional water system. with also generate clean renewable energy for city services...
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city. * what the tunnel boring machines will be arriving in the city in the next month or two, south of market. it will take them about a year for them to make their way up to north beach. we need to have our retrieval plan and construction in place. so, in other words, the retrieval staff has to be built before the machines arrive in order for the project not to experience delays. so, we had anticipated already being in construction on the retrieval shafts by now. we've been able to use a little bit of time to try to arrive at this new approach that we do see as a win/win. we don't really have -- we're kind of hitting the critical path of the project where delays from this point forward would slow things down. following me, the central subway program director i believe has been in front of you before for a different approvals related to the program. * we'll go into a little bit more detail on some of the technical aspects of the project. i just in closing want to assure you that to the extent there are community concerns that remain, including by the abutting property owners, we are
city. * what the tunnel boring machines will be arriving in the city in the next month or two, south of market. it will take them about a year for them to make their way up to north beach. we need to have our retrieval plan and construction in place. so, in other words, the retrieval staff has to be built before the machines arrive in order for the project not to experience delays. so, we had anticipated already being in construction on the retrieval shafts by now. we've been able to use a...
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(applause) >> we change policy of the city. we change policy, and we start to be progressive, truly progressive about the policies we push to make african americans feel welcomed in this city. so, where do we go from here? we start to make aggressive efforts to educate our young people. we take ownership of our community. we take ownership of our children. we support each other instead of pointing the finger. where do we go from here? (applause) >> there is much work to do. as supervisor cohen and i cannot do it alone, we need your support. we need your encouragement. so, as we celebrate black history month, we need to reflect and understand and appreciate our history. it is a rich history, one that has made san francisco a great city. it is our time to shape the course of history as we speak by making a change in our great city. so, i'm going to be looking to you all in this audience to be advocates, to be supporters. where do we go from here? our time is now to change the course of history in san francisco. thank you all so m
(applause) >> we change policy of the city. we change policy, and we start to be progressive, truly progressive about the policies we push to make african americans feel welcomed in this city. so, where do we go from here? we start to make aggressive efforts to educate our young people. we take ownership of our community. we take ownership of our children. we support each other instead of pointing the finger. where do we go from here? (applause) >> there is much work to do. as...
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mayor give his state of the city address. his administration's focus is on creating jobs, making sure that all of our residents have access to those jobs,st and from local hireness and job readiness, training and placement, we are moving towards equality for all with the mayor's leadership. ladies and gentlemen, i'd like to introduce the 43rd mayor
mayor give his state of the city address. his administration's focus is on creating jobs, making sure that all of our residents have access to those jobs,st and from local hireness and job readiness, training and placement, we are moving towards equality for all with the mayor's leadership. ladies and gentlemen, i'd like to introduce the 43rd mayor
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they can coexist in the city. and as the city becomes more urbanized, there is no reason that we even have to have these discussions had we had as a group, as a city, the foresight from the beginning to never ask the question. can we extract this equipment from the middle of a busy neighborhood? it should never have been questioned. it never should have been approved. it never should have been considered if there was an engineering and a financial way to do it otherwise. there still are those ways today. and i beg you to consider whatever is necessary to do that so as not to disturb north beach and destroy the businesses there. thank you very much. >>> president fong, commissioners, my name is julie christin son. i'm a north beach resident. i'm here to ask you to approve the matters before you with regards to the pagoda palace and the tunnel boring machines. i've planted a lot of street trees. one of my favorite adages is this that task is when is the best time to plant a tree? 40 years ago. when is the second bes
they can coexist in the city. and as the city becomes more urbanized, there is no reason that we even have to have these discussions had we had as a group, as a city, the foresight from the beginning to never ask the question. can we extract this equipment from the middle of a busy neighborhood? it should never have been questioned. it never should have been approved. it never should have been considered if there was an engineering and a financial way to do it otherwise. there still are those...
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of the city. and i would respectfully ask you to consider that in your deliberations today. thank you. >> thank you. >>> if i can get this to the commissioners. hi, my name is stephen cornell and i own brown use hardware on polk street. i like the rest of these businesses have been in san francisco a long time. this is our 107th year. we have 12 people working in our business. 90% of them are full-time employed. like everybody else we pay our people more than minimum wage. we pay them health benefits. not because the city-mandated it. we've been doing it for years. all these companies are coming in, asking to come in. they have to pay health benefits because the city makes them do that. we are here for a long period of time. we help people. i'd like to address the issue of how there is not hardly any other businesses that this is going to affect. i think in the map that you got from the planning department, it was very gerrymandered. i gave you a map that is perfectly square by blocks around. the
of the city. and i would respectfully ask you to consider that in your deliberations today. thank you. >> thank you. >>> if i can get this to the commissioners. hi, my name is stephen cornell and i own brown use hardware on polk street. i like the rest of these businesses have been in san francisco a long time. this is our 107th year. we have 12 people working in our business. 90% of them are full-time employed. like everybody else we pay our people more than minimum wage. we pay...
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and possibly bringing the city to a standstill for the next. but keeping a close eye on it with your help true live in cairo there thanks very much. libya's also marking the second anniversary of its anti government uprising putting security forces on high alert we talk about that soon later this hour we look at why the ousting of moammar gadhafi has brought no radical change for the better to the country and also for the people that could or choosing the next president right now we currently to rafael corona expected to stay after the break then we explain why the result could prove pivotal for whistleblower julian his son ch. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems. you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear some other part of it and realized everything you thought. i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic in school here on. reporting from the world talks about seventy odd p. interviews intriguing stories for you here. in troy. visit. during
and possibly bringing the city to a standstill for the next. but keeping a close eye on it with your help true live in cairo there thanks very much. libya's also marking the second anniversary of its anti government uprising putting security forces on high alert we talk about that soon later this hour we look at why the ousting of moammar gadhafi has brought no radical change for the better to the country and also for the people that could or choosing the next president right now we currently...
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court in the city of san francisco. george gibbs will provide the most effective testimony due to his work for many, many years with incarcerated veterans and what their special problems are as well as homeless veterans. he left his right arm on the battle field in vietnam, but he didn't leave his dignity and he didn't leave his heroism there. he has shown that over many years of working with homeless veterans where a lot of people don't take that opportunity to do that. he's worked in the east bay, and events every time they have them, which is a three-day event that helps veterans with all kinds of hands-on help like dental and so on. and also dorothy guy, we need her back on the commission as well. we have other qualified candidates that have spoken. i see that, but we do need our two commissioners that have recently been on the commission back to complete their work. thank you for your consideration. >> thank you. >>> supervisors, michael [speaker not understood], building and construction trades council. i did not
court in the city of san francisco. george gibbs will provide the most effective testimony due to his work for many, many years with incarcerated veterans and what their special problems are as well as homeless veterans. he left his right arm on the battle field in vietnam, but he didn't leave his dignity and he didn't leave his heroism there. he has shown that over many years of working with homeless veterans where a lot of people don't take that opportunity to do that. he's worked in the east...
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we want everybody included in the city. we have naomi kelly, harlan kelly, mohammed nuru, rhonda simmons heading upstreamly important departments. and i've got to say this. if we can't get the job done with these people in these important positions or some tremendous progress, i don't know where else to look because this is a great start. yes. (applause) >> but we also have tremendous help from people who are helping us create the policies and the accountability in all the different departments. melva davis, kim brandon, willie adams at the port, chuck collins, [speaker not understood], the reverend amos brown, denise tyson, linda richardson, sonya harris, patricia thomas, veronica honeycut, these are just the names of a few of our commissioners who are heading up those very important divisions of our city. and they are joining with me and with the supervisors and with the department heads to do what mrs. obama asked us to do. whenever we occupy these public positions throughout the city or throughout the state or throughou
we want everybody included in the city. we have naomi kelly, harlan kelly, mohammed nuru, rhonda simmons heading upstreamly important departments. and i've got to say this. if we can't get the job done with these people in these important positions or some tremendous progress, i don't know where else to look because this is a great start. yes. (applause) >> but we also have tremendous help from people who are helping us create the policies and the accountability in all the different...
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have become such a common practice in our city and cities across the country, that it has learned a name as recently reported in the new york times called apple picking. one study by the fcc 30 to 40 percent of robberies in several major cities involve cell phones, last year the sfpd reported that more than half of the 4,000 robberies between january and august in san francisco involved smart phones or tablets. new york city reported that more than 40 percent of all robberies involved cell phones, and los angeles, reported that 25 percent of all robberies involved cell phones. these robberies sometimes turn violent, whether or not the victim fights back. we have seen some very alarming instances, for example, in my district and the castro and in college hill, where people were attacked in addition to having their phones robbed. and these robberies don't just take place in central locations where people people congregate. recently, for example there was a rash of armed robberies of smart phones in corbit street in my district and a quiet residential area in broad daylight in the midd
have become such a common practice in our city and cities across the country, that it has learned a name as recently reported in the new york times called apple picking. one study by the fcc 30 to 40 percent of robberies in several major cities involve cell phones, last year the sfpd reported that more than half of the 4,000 robberies between january and august in san francisco involved smart phones or tablets. new york city reported that more than 40 percent of all robberies involved cell...
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the department was doing that all over the city. as resources dwindled, and we recognized we were already noticing the property owner put private graffiti on their property, we added the sidewalks. so, that may be a reason why you're seeing that increase. and graffiti on trees, we recognize that as a problem. and as we have not as yet come up with an idea or solution on how we can change that. >> anybody else want to jump in on this? >> i can't tell you, i've never seen a police report involved graffiti of a tree. and i'm not saying people shouldn't report it. it just doesn't get reported. and if i recognize a tag, if it's brought before me, i'm going to do my best to deal with it or they're going to do their best to deal with it at station level. but it's just not something that's reported on the internet or counter reports or patrol officers. >> just to follow-up what marty talked about. unless there is a report, we're not going to know about it. we're not going to be able to address that issue. in terms of graffiti on concrete, t
the department was doing that all over the city. as resources dwindled, and we recognized we were already noticing the property owner put private graffiti on their property, we added the sidewalks. so, that may be a reason why you're seeing that increase. and graffiti on trees, we recognize that as a problem. and as we have not as yet come up with an idea or solution on how we can change that. >> anybody else want to jump in on this? >> i can't tell you, i've never seen a police...
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and in 17969 the port was returned to the city. these are just a few of the historic events that have taken place and the port has continued to transform in the 1980 and so forth. throughout the ports 1 hundred and 50th anniversary the port will be acknowledging the past and present and our vision for the future. beginning in april and throughout the remainder of 2013 the port has planned to have activities on the water front that highlights the culture history. we'll use the 1 hundred and 50th celebration to remind the public about the port what we do and how we intersect with the public's daily life on wednesday on april 24th we'll start the day with a big bash. at this media event peer 34 will present the port with a huge birthday cake and provide big selections. on sunday april 28th the port will host a daylight celebration along the water front from the high street peer in the north to the peer 38 in the south. these fun activities will include boat tours, bicycle rides. art delays and special offers by constituents and the pu
and in 17969 the port was returned to the city. these are just a few of the historic events that have taken place and the port has continued to transform in the 1980 and so forth. throughout the ports 1 hundred and 50th anniversary the port will be acknowledging the past and present and our vision for the future. beginning in april and throughout the remainder of 2013 the port has planned to have activities on the water front that highlights the culture history. we'll use the 1 hundred and 50th...
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of the country the remote control device went off in a area of the city of many women and children were among the victims of a rash of similar salts against shia communities have been carried out by hardline sunni groups in recent months earlier we spoke with robert naiman policy director at just a foreign policy who does not see an end to such sectarian attacks. this result of. a particular group of militants sunni extremists or. their ideology. particular group. we're. coming under scrutiny in. the us i won't complain about that won't publish information. now street cameras and other kinds of surveillance across the u.s. give its citizens the feeling of having less and less privacy but it seems that you've done in the past won't be forgotten as the library of congress is now creating a database of all tweets ever post it was hard for us to talk to the streets of new york to find out whether the government is once again showing too much interest in people's private lives. the library of congress announced that its story in our tweet is this just another method of surveillance or is it
of the country the remote control device went off in a area of the city of many women and children were among the victims of a rash of similar salts against shia communities have been carried out by hardline sunni groups in recent months earlier we spoke with robert naiman policy director at just a foreign policy who does not see an end to such sectarian attacks. this result of. a particular group of militants sunni extremists or. their ideology. particular group. we're. coming under scrutiny...
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. >> the school bus is now inside the city line. just miles from albuquerque's most congested areas. a state police cruiser attempts to ram the bus off the road with a pit maneuver. but after three miles of vehicle-to-vehicle contact, the cruiser's front end is heavily damaged. hoping a bigger vehicle has a better chance, a police suv takes the lead. the pit maneuver is successful. police immediately surround the bus. inside, the driver revs the engine as if trying to escape. officers respond with a volley of non-lethal beanbag rounds. suddenly a member of the sheriff's office fires real bullets into the bus, striking the suspect three times. >> shots fired. >> immediately, a state police officer is seen shouting at the deputy sheriff. >> get over there! >> the suspect, meanwhile, is pulled from the bus, covered in blood and wearing only boxers. he's identified as 27-year-old nathaniel shipman. his criminal history includes convictions for domestic violence, drug possession and assaulting a police officer. he's loaded into ambulance
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of the san jose city attorney's office. as you will recall and was referenced previously, on october 22, 2012 we held a hearing on this matter relating to ethics complaints brought by mr. shaw. we also reviewed and considered paper submitted by mr. shaw and heard argument from mr. shaw on the matter. during that hearing, we asked miss herrick to review a number of determination if they should be disclosed. she subsequently conducted the review and identified set of emails that she believes should be produced in redacted form. so this item agenda is then to discuss whether those emails should be produced as redacted, and if so, whether that has resulted in a willful violation of the sunshine ordinance by the executive director? any comments from the commissioners on this matter? >> do i not get a five-minute rebuttal on this? through the discretion of the chair? >> mr. met shah i will give you a little bit of extra time during public comment, but i would like to hear from the commissioners. >> thank you. >> as i recall, this
of the san jose city attorney's office. as you will recall and was referenced previously, on october 22, 2012 we held a hearing on this matter relating to ethics complaints brought by mr. shaw. we also reviewed and considered paper submitted by mr. shaw and heard argument from mr. shaw on the matter. during that hearing, we asked miss herrick to review a number of determination if they should be disclosed. she subsequently conducted the review and identified set of emails that she believes...
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but the ultimately cities face this all the time. you have to make decisions about what resources you have and what you can and can't do with the resources that you have. and, so, that's going to continue to be a problem. and it's always about the decisions, what you can do and what you can't. and while it's understandable, as long as they're abating the graffiti, and i understand it doesn't look nice to have a sidewalk painted, but my reference would be tell them about the other products that are out there. and i'm not -- not all of the tags require a power washer to take it off. >> i'm going to speak as a property owner. >> go for it. >> i live in alameda. this was not graffiti, this was trees, replanting trees, they want to put a tree, who is responsible for that, sidewalks and everything. one thing they did do is they offered referrals for contractors, not just materials, but, you know, people who could do the trees or who could do the sidewalk repairs or what have you. so, that might be another option for different municipalitie
but the ultimately cities face this all the time. you have to make decisions about what resources you have and what you can and can't do with the resources that you have. and, so, that's going to continue to be a problem. and it's always about the decisions, what you can do and what you can't. and while it's understandable, as long as they're abating the graffiti, and i understand it doesn't look nice to have a sidewalk painted, but my reference would be tell them about the other products that...
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we can portray the water front what it means to the city. and we're redeveloping the skyline so hopefully, we're con varying that exist of what we'll be doing over the next several years >> following up on chairmans comments. i can see in the future this city is going beyond san francisco. everybody this is going to be - we'll no longer be san francisco. everything in this water front will be in the bay area. what we have here in the bay area everybody will benefit. they don't have a crews terminal but it will be named after the president of our union and we have a great leader in the union and he's given back. and as the future we're creating mayor lee this will be a part of his legacy and our legacy and also the young kids legacy. thank you >> thank you. moving on >> we request china 13 caffeine and making the ports conference for the support staff. >> i'm sorry commissioner adams your recusing yourself from this. and you should make the motion to recuse >> i move that we recuse commissioner all these. >> now we go back to actually is ther
we can portray the water front what it means to the city. and we're redeveloping the skyline so hopefully, we're con varying that exist of what we'll be doing over the next several years >> following up on chairmans comments. i can see in the future this city is going beyond san francisco. everybody this is going to be - we'll no longer be san francisco. everything in this water front will be in the bay area. what we have here in the bay area everybody will benefit. they don't have a...
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, that will work on the enforcement issues related to the historic properties in the city wide division we are looking at four new fte, roughly four to work on a number of efforts, the housing element, the monitoring requirements that have been required by the board, and the commission, over the last couple of years. to work on master plans for large publicly owned sites. to work on the urban design guidelines and to work on china town, open space planning. to work on some street scape work in the hunter's shipyard area to focus on market street and in a position. and i have been working on this for a while and this budget allows us to do that. in the final planning we are looking at roughly two new positions, one would basically continue to work on puc projects but essentially it is a shift from the current position that is a puc position working in the department to a department employee who works on puc projects and funded by the puc and second a transportation planner that took not just on sequa but on longer range policy issues. >> and we are proposing two and a half positions next
, that will work on the enforcement issues related to the historic properties in the city wide division we are looking at four new fte, roughly four to work on a number of efforts, the housing element, the monitoring requirements that have been required by the board, and the commission, over the last couple of years. to work on master plans for large publicly owned sites. to work on the urban design guidelines and to work on china town, open space planning. to work on some street scape work in...
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southwest of the country the remote control device went off in a shia area of the city of quetta many women and children were among the victims a rash of similar assaults against shia communities have been carried out by hardline sunni groups in recent months earlier we talked to robert naiman policy director at just foreign policy who does not see an end to such sectarian attacks we think we know is that this is result of. turning by a particular group of militants sunni extremists or you were. attacked before as recently as january and their ideology. heretics from. this particular group. takes east ideology t.v. extreme violence against and shias who really are sublethal turning point you know politically where the drug free program is coming under scrutiny in united states i'm lisa lisa became the first government i won't complain about that one published information. now street cameras and other kinds of surveillance across the u.s. give its citizens the feeling of having less and less privacy but it seems that what you've done in the past also won't be forgotten as the library o
southwest of the country the remote control device went off in a shia area of the city of quetta many women and children were among the victims a rash of similar assaults against shia communities have been carried out by hardline sunni groups in recent months earlier we talked to robert naiman policy director at just foreign policy who does not see an end to such sectarian attacks we think we know is that this is result of. turning by a particular group of militants sunni extremists or you...
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and i'd like to invite the city administrator for the city and county of san francisco naomi kelly to introduce this award. (applause) >> good evening, everyone. thank you for coming out this evening. it is my honor to just thank all of you and all of the award winners for all of the great work that you do in the community. you are the nuts and bolts of san francisco. you are what makes us resilient, which makes us -- which gives us character. and, so, we appreciate all of you. these awards are important and they're an important opportunity for all of us at city hall to make a moment and salute the people and organizations that work hard every day to make our neighborhoods the very best that they are. so, i have the distinct pleasure to introduce one of my most favorite people, city employees here in san francisco. y'all just heard from mr. clean, and that's who we affectionally call the director of dpw mohammed nuru. and he has a right hand and that right hand, her name is sandra zanega. it doesn't matter what neighborhood you're in, you can call either one of them and they will tell
and i'd like to invite the city administrator for the city and county of san francisco naomi kelly to introduce this award. (applause) >> good evening, everyone. thank you for coming out this evening. it is my honor to just thank all of you and all of the award winners for all of the great work that you do in the community. you are the nuts and bolts of san francisco. you are what makes us resilient, which makes us -- which gives us character. and, so, we appreciate all of you. these...
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the city planned on spectators bringing in $355 million during the days of racing. and the richest man in the world, larry ellison, the head or oracle may not be involved, and that does not help either. >> it is someone else's race and not ours is how some people see it, but that is not the case. it is san francisco's race. >> well, it really is a nice day for sailing if that is what you are into. >> yes. but by tuesday things will turn cold in the bay area. the rain will come down on tuesday. that is way it is looking like, so, let's enjoy the sunshine in the meantime, here is a nice look at it. a few clouds are floating inland. mostly sunny skies. in most of the area and everybody will get sun later in the day. temperatures in the low 50s to start out with. if you are heading out for breakfast, bundle up. later in the day we will recover into the 60s for the bay area. livermore is 46 degrees right now. santa rosa is 47. here is how it looks. we are expecting this week a sunny sunday for today. tomorrow will be distinctly cooler. then we will get wet on tuesday. no
the city planned on spectators bringing in $355 million during the days of racing. and the richest man in the world, larry ellison, the head or oracle may not be involved, and that does not help either. >> it is someone else's race and not ours is how some people see it, but that is not the case. it is san francisco's race. >> well, it really is a nice day for sailing if that is what you are into. >> yes. but by tuesday things will turn cold in the bay area. the rain will come...
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of the country the remote control device went off in a area of the city of many women and children were among the victims irrationally similar salts against shia communities have been carried out by hardline sunni groups in recent months earlier we spoke with robert naiman policy director at just a foreign policy who does not see an end to such sectarian attacks. we think we know is this result of. a particular group of militants sunni extremists or. recently. their ideology. particular group. takes. a turning point where the drone program is coming under scrutiny in. the us i won't complain about that won't publish information. now street cameras and other kinds of surveillance across the u.s. give its citizens the feeling of having less and less privacy but it seems that you've done in the past won't be forgotten as the library of congress is now creating a database of all tweets ever posted or harshness to talk to the streets of new york to find out whether the government is once again showing too much interest in people's private lives. the library of congress announced that its sto
of the country the remote control device went off in a area of the city of many women and children were among the victims irrationally similar salts against shia communities have been carried out by hardline sunni groups in recent months earlier we spoke with robert naiman policy director at just a foreign policy who does not see an end to such sectarian attacks. we think we know is this result of. a particular group of militants sunni extremists or. recently. their ideology. particular group....
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empowerment in the city. and that, of course, is lenny denriquez. i want to invite her up here. if you walk around and see an amazing mural or amazing garden, it's a good chance she's the one that said yes to that application. so, here we go, lenny. (applause) >> good evening. i'm up here because i nominated the progress park for the best ccg nen award. i'm proud to present this award on behalf of nen to bruce and bill for their hard work and dedication for turning this vacant lot, this eyesore in their community to a beautiful green park for everyone to enjoy. through their hard work and dedication and the support of their neighbors, they just created something tremendously beautiful. it's just amazing. and i would like -- i'm honored and i would like to invite them up to receive their award. (applause) >> thank you. [laughter] >> i want to mention that we live in one of the newest neighborhoods in san francisco, brand-new -- well, ten-year-old buildings, condos, apartments, a bunch of people who don't have
empowerment in the city. and that, of course, is lenny denriquez. i want to invite her up here. if you walk around and see an amazing mural or amazing garden, it's a good chance she's the one that said yes to that application. so, here we go, lenny. (applause) >> good evening. i'm up here because i nominated the progress park for the best ccg nen award. i'm proud to present this award on behalf of nen to bruce and bill for their hard work and dedication for turning this vacant lot, this...